The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-02
MEDICAL LAKE, W. r.

March, -.
M.. Editor,--I send YOU n few items
from this part of the wild wnlloplng
PLAINS of the west and by way of intro
iuction would say that the Bi'oWnS-
ciHe Informant, now LEBANON EN-
PRESS, IL u welcome visitor, rs | once
lived twenty years In Linn county, near
BROWNSVILLE, but shaking the dust of
my webs Tor rather the mud) some
fourteen years since, came 90 Spokane;
but ns we often sing, "there's no place
like homc,n still fond desire fingers
i'm my bosom. 10 hear from the old
home aud its grand improvements In
railroads and manufactures, and see
the old names once So familiar 10 me.
Old gray winter has loosened up his
grip ON us once more and the grass IL
getting green. The farmers are bring
ing In their plows and getting them re-
paired up ready for business. The old
hen il singing Hail Columbia over her
new born egg, and business Il looming
mp generally. Competition is So heavy
that eggs are sold from 30 cts. down 10
l2i cts. per dozen, and still coming.
We have had much wilder winter
than usual, the farmers having plowed
and sowed up to- Christmas. Snow fell
January lst TO the depth of inches
and February 18th inches more fell,
making in All inches. The coolest
weather we had was from February lst
10 the 4th, the thermometer marking
lSe below zero. Stock ofall kinds win
tered we'll and with comparatively no
loss. Stock horses came through in
good fix without feed; and i'm fact they
do every winter. Farmers, as n general
rule, calculate Ia PREF are two months
feed for cattle and sheep.
Immigrants from the east are steer
a., -
try 10 locate homes where there is To
be found an abundance of government
land 10 be taken up, and IA fair prospect
Of a branch railroad from Cheeney 60
that country this summer.
Medical Lake, the SilVam of the new
world, is situated about the central part
of Spokan Co., eight miles from the y
II. II. r., Cheeney being the nearest
point and 10 miles from Spokan Falls
The lake is / miles long and | ] miles
wide and very deep, some parts of the
bottom have never been discovered vet.
There is no kind Of fish, excepting n
species resembling cross between Il
water dog and fish. They are from 4
TO s inches long, have n head and gills
like fish, legs and claws on their sides,
and their Latin name ia Ar0fouI.
The bathing season begins about
May 18th, and lasts until August or un-
Til cold weather comes.
1t is estimated that about five thous-
and persons visited the lake last season.
This water has performed wonderful
cures on some diseases. Unlike patent
medicines it IL not claimed To cure all
diseases, but il is dead shot on rheu-
matism, catarrh and ali skin diseases,
and many other ailments
There is heavy pine forest around
the lake and it is fi,vorite place 10
hold campmeeting. The Baptist Asso-
citation of Eastern Washington Terri
tory meet here each year, and during
the summer season the shores are lined
with camps.
There are 3 general merchandise
stores, | milliner store. > blacksmith
shops, livery stable, , hotels, restaur.
ant, meat markets, shoe shop, three
organized churches, Methodist@, Bap
tist, and Congregationalist, and , Me
dical Lake salt works with "A capacity
of condencing two thousand gallons
per day each. SPOKANE.